Showing posts with label Lesley Pearse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lesley Pearse. Show all posts

Monday, 12 March 2012

#223 (#21 of 2012) - Stolen ~ Lesley Pearse


ISBN or e-book:


978-0-718-15285-7


Publisher:


Penguin


Main Characters:


Lottie Wainwright & David Mitchell


Brief outline of plot and rating:



When a beautiful blonde girl is found half-drowned on a beach, she has no memory of who she is or what horrors have left her there. But an article about her in a Brighton newspaper rings alarm bells for beautician, Dale, who shows the police photographs of Lotte Wainright. The girls met working on a cruise ship and their friendship blossomed as they sailed the seas of South America, until Lotte fell under the sinister influence of an older American couple. To her regret, Dale hasn't seen Lotte since leaving the ship months earlier ... but the girl on the beach - although badly bruised - is indeed her much missed friend.
Their reunion only marks the beginning of a dangerous tidal wave of secrets, lies and nightmares. Where has Lotte been? Who is the man who seems to want to kill her? And what has become of the baby she's recently given birth to?
Dale and Lotte must dig deep and find the strength to hold on against the odds if they are to rebuild their friendship and survive Lotte's stolen - and deadly - past.

Whilst it was a modder story, it was well worth the read  .... so well written, and I loved Lottie ... thank goodness the baddie got what was due.

Overall a 5 star rating.

#219 (#17 of 2012) - Hope ~ Lesley Pearse



ISBN or e-book:

0-718-14707-3

Publisher:

Penguin

Main Characters:

Hope Renton and Dr Bennett Meadows

Brief Outline of Plot and Rating:

Somerset, 1836, and baby Hope is cast out from a world of privilege as living proof of her mother's adultery...Smuggled away from the Harveys and Briargate House to a nearby village, Hope grows up in the arms of the warm and loving Renton family, unaware of her true identity. But fate has harsh plans for Hope and a chain of events sees her forced to lead a vagabond's existence until she finds the courage to fight back and prove herself a fearless and able nurse, a vocation that takes her to the horrific battlefields of the Crimea. But the secrets of the past are not yet done with Hope Renton and she must return to England to face the legacy of her birth.


A completely magic piece of literature .... a 5+ star rating ... definitely not one to be missed.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

#215 (#13 of 2012) - Gypsy ~ Lesley Pearse



ISBN or E-book:

978-0-718-15283-3

Publisher:

Penguin

Main Character(s):

Miss Beth Bolton, her Brother Sam, Jack the sharp-witted Londoner and Theo the gambling Aristocrat.

Rating and Brief Description:

Beth and Sam's Father hangs himself and after the death of their mother a short time later they are forced to make their own way in the world.

Eventually their travels take them by Sea to New York to see their fortune.  On the journey the encounter both Jack and Theo ..... two very different people.

Their journey takes them across America and Canada, eventually ending up in the Klondike Gold Fields .... Beth lives by her Fiddle and amazing talent ... they men live by their wits ..... all hoping that they will make their fortune.

A tale of endurance and trust ... but does it include love for Beth? A 4.5 star read, which after a faltering start I really enjoyed.

Hugs

Kay

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

#209 (#7 of 2012) - Belle ~ Lesley Pearse *NEW AUTHOR*



ISBN or e-book:

978-0-718-15702-9

Publisher:

Penguin

Main Characters:

Belle and Jimmy

Brief outline of Plot:

Daughter of a well-know Abbess in Seven Dials, Belle is kidnapped after at the age of 15 after witnessing a murder.  The kidnapper sells her for a huge sum and she's taken to Paris to await her fate at a brothel that deals in under-age young virgins.  Eventually, she sold on again to New Orleans, but manages to find her way back home.

Rating and conclusion:

5+ - considering the subject I was worried that I wouldn't like this book, or would find it upsetting.  In actual fact it was so beautifully written that I have cleared the library of all the other books they had by this author.  Unfortunately, that didn't include the sequel to this book entitled Belle's War.

Take it as a must that you have to read this book.  The characters were well constructed and the whole issue of child prostitution was dealt with sympathetically.  I can highly recommend this one, and can't wait to read the sequel coming out soon called "The Promise"

Hugs

Kay